From self-control to clutter – exploring impulsivity, compulsivity & hoarding (in-person)

About this event

This event takes place on our Cambridge campus. You can also join us virtually.

In this talk, Professor Sharon Morein will trace her research journey through experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and mental health, sharing insights gained along the way. She will begin with lab studies on the mind’s control functions—how we regulate thoughts, impulses, and behaviors—and their associations with brain function. The lecture will then explore how difficulties in self-control relate to compulsive and impulsive conditions such as ADHD, OCD, and hoarding. Shifting focus to our complex relationships with possessions, her recent research delves deeper into hoarding. She will describe how studying this condition has broadened her perspective on societal contexts in mental health and the importance of communities.

About our speaker

Sharon Morein-Zamir is a Professor of Cognition and Mental Health at Anglia Ruskin University, where she is co-Director of the Centre for Mind and Behaviour, chairs the Possessions and Hoarding Collective and is part of the ARU Safe and Inclusive Community Research and Innovation Leadership Team. Her research examines psychological difficulties relating to compulsivity and impulsivity, focusing on the conditions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hoarding Disorder.

The talk will be followed by a FREE drinks reception, all welcome.